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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Imageworks Interactive, Park Forest, IL (US);
Inventor:
Thomas W. Becker, Willow Springs, IL (US);
Assignee:
ImageWorks Interactive, Park Forest, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/16 (2006.01); B44C 1/17 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); B29D 22/00 (2006.01); B32B 27/34 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B29D 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C 1/16 (2013.01); B44C 1/1729 (2013.01); B29D 22/00 (2013.01); B29D 23/00 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/34 (2013.01); H05K 1/182 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1352 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24802 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24843 (2015.01);
Abstract
An in-mold label includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface. When the in-mold label is molded on to, or into, a plastic product, the first surface faces outward with respect to the plastic product and the second surfaces faces inward with respect to the plastic product. The substrate includes a full graphics area on the second surface. Ink is applied in the full graphics area to provide a full graphics image. To facilitate the molding process, each of the substrate and the ink having a complementary property to a property of the plastic product.